And I'm glad to see all parts have returned to one site again.Too bad the link to the forums is a small one in the footer. I almost never look at the footer of a site (I found it because I was searching for it)

I love the new design and organization - especially the way the articles are categorized so I can go straight to my areas of interest. But is there any chance the link to the forums could be made a bit more prominent? My two main reasons for visiting SitePoint are #1: Forums and #2: Articles and I had to do quite a bit of hunting around to find the Forums today.

All seems fine from here, must be something at work with their proxy or dns then. I did notice that the logos in the top left (in the black bar) aren't quite in the same place on the forum compared to the main site - not sure if they are supposed to be or not?

It reminds me of buying a pc with Windows 8 installed. I returned it the next day and got a Windows 7 machine.

Sometimes you can get TOO CUTE with a design and forget that USABILITY ALWAYS TRUMPS DESIGN.That should always be the mantra for a place like sitepoint since it boasts that it is the ultimate place where folks can learn about all things tech/web.

When you guys decide to put back the link to the FORUM, make sure it is THE most prominent link in the whole site. Why? B/C it's the forum that drives sitepoint. If you think otherwise, you're deluding yourselves. Dump that tag line "Learn to create..." and replace it with a GIANT BLACK BAR ACROSS THE WHOLE SCREEN THAT SCREAMS "FORUM"

Here's an example of this new silly TOO CUTE trend (like windows 8 tried and bombed) to try to make design trump usability, instead of the other way around:

Compare Rothko's so-called "art" (which is what this new design reminds me of) to REAL ART from Vermeer's the Lacemaker:

I agree, but I'm not sure what's not usable about the new design. I find it very usable (the layout is clear, and content easy to find), and also nice on the eye. I agree that the forum link should be at the top, but Sara's already said that it will be there soon. Still, it's pretty common for links to be at the bottom of a page, so anyone who can't find their way to the forums from sitepoint.com deserves a Darwin award.

One suggestion: could you consider moving the link to the forum to the top of the page again? It's actually quite hard to find the link. I had to properly search for it the first time, and if I didn't already know the forums were here, I wouldn't have found them at all.

Sometimes you can get TOO CUTE with a design and forget that USABILITY ALWAYS TRUMPS DESIGN.That should always be the mantra for a place like sitepoint since it boasts that it is the ultimate place where folks can learn about all things tech/web.

Okay, so you've got my curiosity, what about the new design is unusable to you? I've been able to easily browse it from my computer using just the keyboard, my phone, and several tablets. I'd really like you to expand on the usability statement.